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D. Lorne Tyrrell

D. Lorne Tyrrell

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Immunology

D-Index
56
Citations
10443
World Ranking
3736
National Ranking
97

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

D. Lorne Tyrrell is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and specializes in the field of Medicine with a primary focus on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Immunology, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Their research encompasses several critical topics including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology
  • Hepatitis C Virus Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Testing
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Recent significant publications by D. Lorne Tyrrell include:

  • "Feline coronavirus drug inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Molecular Diagnosis of COVID-19: Challenges and Research Needs," 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • "CRISPR technology incorporating amplification strategies: molecular assays for nucleic acids, proteins, and small molecules," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Interferons and viruses induce a novel truncated ACE2 isoform and not the full-length SARS-CoV-2 receptor," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Isothermal Amplification and Ambient Visualization in a Single Tube for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Loop-Mediated Amplification and CRISPR Technology," 2020, Analytical Chemistry

Their work has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • ACS Measurement Science Au

Frequent co-authors collaborating with D. Lorne Tyrrell are:

  • Michael Joyce
  • Holly A. Saffran
  • Michael Houghton
  • Elena Arutyunova
  • M. Joanne Lemieux

D. Lorne Tyrrell has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council, 2015
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science), 2004

Best Publications

  • Feline coronavirus drug inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication.

    Wayne Vuong;Muhammad Bashir Khan;Conrad Fischer;Elena Arutyunova

  • Treatment of Recurrent Genital Herpes Simplex Infections With Oral Acyclovir: A Controlled Trial

    R C Reichman;G J Badger;G J Mertz;L Corey

  • Molecular Diagnosis of COVID-19: Challenges and Research Needs.

    Wei Feng;Ashley M. Newbigging;Connie Le;Bo Pang

  • Enhancement of T helper type 1 immune responses against hepatitis B virus core antigen by PLGA nanoparticle vaccine delivery

    Carrie S.W. Chong;Min Cao;Winnie W. Wong;Karl P. Fischer

  • Interferons and viruses induce a novel truncated ACE2 isoform and not the full-length SARS-CoV-2 receptor.

    Olusegun O. Onabajo;A. Rouf Banday;Megan L. Stanifer;Wusheng Yan

  • Isothermal Amplification and Ambient Visualization in a Single Tube for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Loop-Mediated Amplification and CRISPR Technology.

    Bo Pang;Jingyang Xu;Yanming Liu;Hanyong Peng

  • Peginterferon lambda for the treatment of outpatients with COVID-19: a phase 2, placebo-controlled randomised trial.

    Jordan J Feld;Jordan J Feld;Christopher Kandel;Mia J Biondi;Mia J Biondi;Robert A Kozak

  • Structural Polypeptides of Measles Virus

    David L. J. Tyrrell;Erling Norrby

  • HCV796: A selective nonstructural protein 5B polymerase inhibitor with potent anti-hepatitis C virus activity in vitro, in mice with chimeric human livers, and in humans infected with hepatitis C virus.

    Norman M. Kneteman;Anita Y. M. Howe;Tiejun Gao;Jamie Lewis

  • A hepatitis C virus (HCV) vaccine comprising envelope glycoproteins gpE1/gpE2 derived from a single isolate elicits broad cross-genotype neutralizing antibodies in humans.

    John Lok Man Law;Chao Chen;Jason Wong;Darren Hockman

  • IFITM1 is a tight junction protein that inhibits hepatitis C virus entry

    Courtney Wilkins;Jessica Woodward;Daryl T.-Y. Lau;Amy Barnes

  • The impact of the interferon-lambda family on the innate and adaptive immune response to viral infections.

    Adrian Egli;Deanna M Santer;Daire O’Shea;D Lorne Tyrrell

  • Rigid amphipathic fusion inhibitors, small molecule antiviral compounds against enveloped viruses

    Mireille R. St.Vincent;Che C. Colpitts;Alexey V. Ustinov;Muhammad Muqadas

  • HCV induces oxidative and ER stress, and sensitizes infected cells to apoptosis in SCID/Alb-uPA mice

    Michael A. Joyce;Kathie Anne Walters;Sue Ellen Lamb;Mathew M. Yeh

  • Half-Life of the Duck Hepatitis B Virus Covalently Closed Circular DNA Pool In Vivo following Inhibition of Viral Replication

    William R. Addison;Kathie-Anne Walters;Winnie W. S. Wong;John S. Wilson

  • Antiviral lectins from red and blue-green algae show potent in vitro and in vivo activity against hepatitis C virus.

    Yutaka Takebe;Carrie J. Saucedo;Garry Lund;Rie Uenishi

  • Mechanism of inhibition of duck hepatitis B virus polymerase by (-)-beta-L-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine

    Unknown

  • Comprehensive in vitro characterization of PD-L1 small molecule inhibitors

    Aravindhan Ganesan;Marawan Ahmed;Isobel Okoye;Elena Arutyunova

  • Anti‐HCV therapies in chimeric scid‐Alb/uPA mice parallel outcomes in human clinical application

    Norman M. Kneteman;Amy J. Weiner;John O'Connell;Marc Collett

  • The Hepatitis C Virus-Induced Membranous Web and Associated Nuclear Transport Machinery Limit Access of Pattern Recognition Receptors to Viral Replication Sites

    Christopher J. Neufeldt;Michael A. Joyce;Nicholas Van Buuren;Aviad Levin

  • Saikosaponin b2 is a naturally occurring terpenoid that efficiently inhibits hepatitis C virus entry

    Liang Tzung Lin;Chueh Yao Chung;Wen Chan Hsu;Shun Pang Chang

  • Hepatitis C virus induced up‐regulation of microRNA‐27: A novel mechanism for hepatic steatosis

    Ragunath Singaravelu;Ran Chen;Rodney K. Lyn;Daniel M. Jones

  • IL-28B is a Key Regulator of B- and T-Cell Vaccine Responses against Influenza

    Adrian Egli;Deanna M. Santer;Daire O'Shea;Khaled Barakat

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Houghton
Michael Houghton University of Alberta
Rakesh K. Kumar
Rakesh K. Kumar University of New South Wales
John C. Vederas
John C. Vederas University of Alberta
John Paul Pezacki
John Paul Pezacki University of Ottawa
Christopher D. Richardson
Christopher D. Richardson Dalhousie University
X. Chris Le
X. Chris Le University of Alberta
Steeve Boulant
Steeve Boulant University of Florida
Marc S. Collett
Marc S. Collett Takeda (United States)
Jason Grebely
Jason Grebely University of New South Wales
Mel Krajden
Mel Krajden University of British Columbia

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